poka shelf; platform; scaffolding

Part of Speech n2
    • shelf; platform; scaffolding
      • house
      • Example 5775:
        A poka o hum to vavaobete raara bona maa taba.
        The shellf is the place where we lay down things.
        Source: Eno 13W 038
      • Example 5776:
        mean paa vaobete e tea poka
        and you laid it on the shelf
        Source: Mom 01E(Joy) 118
      • Example 5777:
        A otei na tei maana tea poka, e suunano kou.
        The (dead) man lies up there on a platform, the chief.
        Source: Daa 02R 019
      • Example 5778:
        Eve a poka bona to pasi sun bata nom ori, beori vaa'ave batari.
        This is the scaffolding on which they will stand, while doing the thatching.
        Source: Sii Joy 03W 036

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  • See also:
    • vaa'ave put the roofing on a house; thatch a house